We Love the Internet 2022/06: The It’s your friends who break your heart edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• ‘China Has Ghosted Hollywood’: How the Fallout Will Affect the Film Industry
• Why Disney+ is going live
• YouTube Plans to Make Gaming Videos Immersive in Metaverse Push
• How Did the Bored Ape Yacht Club Get So Popular?
• From Apple to local platforms, Japan tackles unfair digital trade

Reference points

• Iconographic Encyclopaedia
• The “Acceptable To Italians Index” is my new favorite set of metrics

Longer reads:

• How the snowflakes won
• How Discord became the “Soho House of Web 3.0”

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Tr.AI.n Guy
• Go Viral
• AI Learns Insane Monopoly Strategies
• The Seinfeld Theme Mixed With A Hit Song From Every Year Seinfeld Was On TV
• Pass the ball
• The giant chainmail box that stops a house dissolving
• All the pop-up meme cards I’ve made so far

Animal corner:

• I….need….CAFFFINNNNE
• Absolutely not.
• Anyone elses dog love bath tine this much?
• She was purring the whole time tho
• Saturday fun at ranch
• Guess I’m not having fish tacos and margaritas tonight…
• Monday mood

Tweets of the week:

• My friend sent me this video of this poor skiier slamming his cock and balls directly into a slalom gate at high speed and I have to say it really made me reconsider the severity of my problems in the grand scheme of things
• What.
• Guys, are you sure it’s a good idea to bring up proof of ownership?
• I love finding New Yorker cartoons so dated that the joke is lost entirely and the cartoons become just descriptions of people doing normal things.
• Six Nations tomorrow. Stay safe and don’t go to the pubs.
• The spelling of Irish names is my pet piamh

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• It’s your friends who break your heart

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